ABOUT
THE ARTIST
Who is Louise Hapton ?
Born in 2004, Louise Hapton is a French writer, painter, ceramic and mixed media sculptor based in London. She graduated from the Fine Art Mixed Media (BA) degree at the University of Westminster and is currently studying at the Royal College of Art for her Ceramics and Glass MA from 2025 to 2026.
Previously, her work delved deeply into themes of mental health and her experience with schizoaffective disorder, turning the inside out. Now, she is shifting her focus toward exploring vulnerability through the interplay of cuteness and fragility. In her practice, cuteness becomes a subversive tool, transforming what is often dismissed as delicate into something defiantly strong.
Louise’s art is deeply influenced by the nostalgia of early 2000s internet culture and the unique digital landscapes that shaped Generation Z. Growing up online, she encountered a world where kawaii and dark imagery coexisted, from magical girl mangas to creepypastas. This “girlcore” aesthetic, blending girly-coded visuals with violence destined to a mature audience, infuses her work with both nostalgia and a need for escapism. By reclaiming and transforming these influences, she invites viewers to see vulnerability not as a weakness, but as a powerful, radical act. Tropes that originated in a sexist context, like the hyper-feminine ‘girly’ aesthetic or the pathetic aspect of the frail, are her fuel to rethink and redesign society into a celebration of female and queer empowerment.
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Since 2026, her practice has been developing into mixed media, incorporating found objects, discarded toys, abandoned plushies and satisfyers combined with ceramics and expanding foam. Through these hybrid forms, she constructs her own mythology of capitalistic consumerism, totemic creatures that embody desire, waste, and devotion. These sculptural assemblages resemble relics of a culture addicted to cuteness and expenditure.
Hapton’s paintings and sculptures, cute yet unsettling, challenge the male gaze and gender based expectations while inviting a whole generation to reflect and process the content it grew up with.
ARTIST CV
Louise Hapton